Parenting Ourselves
The work we do as parents starts with who we are. This category features newsletters about burnout, self-trust, identity, and the emotional growth required to show up with clarity, compassion, and courage.
The High Performance Parent by Carl Martin
High Performance Parent (HPP) is a weekly email newsletter by Carl Martin - containing evidence-backed strategies and protocols from elite performers - reimagined for real parents who want to thrive as parents, professionals and people without burning out.
Paternal Progress by Derek Moeller-Smith
Paternal Progress is a space for parents, especially fathers, who want to show up for their kids with curiosity, humor, and humility. Through honest stories, practical insights, and reflections on modern fatherhood, we explore what it means to raise good humans while growing ourselves.
The Mother Lode by Cindy DiTiberio
Feminist essays on marriage, motherhood and divorce and how we can fight the patriarchy.
unpopular PARENT by Erin Miller
I tackle universal parenting challenges through a different lens—one that encourages mindset shifts and helps us show up more fully ourselves. I’m not here to fix kids. I’m here to explore how we grow alongside them, because raising strong, compassionate, capable humans begins with our willingness and commitment to show up whole.
[byte]sized by Trevor Fry
Bite-sized reflections on parenting, tech, leadership, and the mess in between. One dad’s attempt to grow a business, raise good humans, and maybe stay hydrated (usually in that order).
Gen Xandwich by Anna De La Cruz
Gen Xandwich explores the experience of midlife caregiving for children, but also older adults and special needs family members.
Atypical Kids, Mindful Parents by Kate Lynch
A compassionate community at the intersection of mindful parenting and neurodiversity.
Unfussy by Isabel Jones
Unfussy is a lifestyle newsletter for modern moms who want calmer homes, happier kids, and parenting that feels more joyful than overwhelming. Each month brings rhythm ideas, real-life tips, and honest reflections on raising a family without losing yourself.
Human/Mother by Katrina Donham
Human/Mother is a publication designed for humans who are also parents and dealing with some pretty heavy life stuff.
Nourishing Words by Heidi Schauster
Nourishing Words is a supportive guide to caring for the whole self and raising kids who love food, their bodies, and themselves — from award-winning author and nutrition therapist.
Books include: Nurture: How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves & Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self.
The Mama Milk Circle by Edra Izzo
A monthly encouragement & resource hub for breastfeeding moms. Real stories, sacred space, and support for your milk-making mission.
dialoguing by Kaitlyn Elizabeth
A newsletter where an off-duty psychotherapist integrates what they know into the rest of their life--parenting, relationships to myself, my body and others--in the least clinical way possible. As the name suggests, often quite conscious of how we talk. To oneself, to each other, about media.
Healing Roots Parenting by Dina Ramadan
I started Healing Roots Parenting for fellow cycle breakers- parents healing from their past while raising kids with presence. As a certified coach with an MA in Positive Psychology, I share insights, reflections, and tools to help you heal while you parent.
Motherhood Minute by Chanel Riggle
My mission is to support mothers by creating a digital space where they feel seen and understood, especially regarding the often tough conversations around mental health.
Raising Teen BOYS by Saima Durrani
Supporting single mothers raising teenage boys through honest reflections, practical advice, and nurturing confidence. I share stories and insights on resilience, emotional growth, and finding strength in everyday moments.
Recoverettes by Kristen Crocker
Normalizing recovery from alcoholism among strong, smart women with a focus on sober parenting.
The StoicMom Project by StoicMom
Led by StoicMom, this Substack offers a collection of a different kind of parent story--transformation stories that speak to the power of love, clarity, and responsibility to heal relationships and keep families affected by gender confusion together.
Parenting Connected by Louise Scott
My work is for women who are done blaming the world and are ready to take radical responsibility. For mothers who are healing while parenting. For those who know that peace begins with them.
Ambitious Dads by Jeff Hittner
I’m an entrepreneur, executive coach, husband, and father (rarely in that order)! Co-parenting with my wife, who’s navigating her career, I recognize the struggle in balancing the evolving, sometimes conflicting goals of fatherhood and leadership.
Fine Tuning by Matt Fogelson
Parenting from the empty nest; exploring the unspoken dynamics of father-son relationships—emotional distance, unvoiced expectations, and inherited narratives that often shape our identities more than we realize; sharing my passion for music with my son so he can know what makes his dad tick.
Wild Feelings by Megan Saxelby
Ditch the nightmare narrative! Let's rewrite early adolescence for joy with research-backed guidance and the world's most optimistic sidekick.
OUTTA THE BLENDER by Blended Family Frappé
We support struggling stepparents! (While doing our best to laugh at this shiz along the way.)
The Purple Spectrum by Violeta Klein
For the beautifully w(e)ired - late-diagnosed neurodivergent women and mothers of neurodivergent children. Putting together the pieces after years of feeling different. A home for real connection, validation, and hope - beyond symptoms, labels, and boxes.
Think of the Children by Emily F. Popek
Exploring the culture of parenting and education.
The Unfinished Dad by Elliott Pettit
I write letters I wish I could stick in my kids’ backpacks for later. A way to write down the things I wish someone had told me sooner. They’re the notes you’d pass at the back of class. Letters from a dad, still learning.
Tender & True by Anna Borle
Tender & True is a space for honest stories about motherhood, disability advocacy, and the beauty found in life’s unexpected paths. With tenderness and truth at its core, it offers comfort, connection, and community for those navigating early parenthood, difference, and everything in between.
Open in the Middle by Caro Giles
I write about mothering on the edge. I live on the edge of England, and on the edge of a crumbling education. I am a single parent-carer with four children. Two of them cannot thrive inside the classroom. My next book, Unschooled, is the story of a family that doesn’t fit in.
The Golden Bowl by Sabrina Moyle
Humorous essays, practical tips, and philosophical reflections on the art of parenting, the creative process, and the personal growth journey from mom of three and children’s book and music creator Sabrina Moyle (author of My Mom is Magical! and My Dad is Amazing! — because you are!).
Calm & Confident Parenting by Brittany Podsobinski
Weekly Tuesday tips for parents of preschoolers through tweens. As a former teacher turned stay-at-home mom & parent coach, I help you understand what’s happening for your kids so you can show up calm in the chaos & confident in tough moments. You weren’t meant to parent alone.
Motherhoodland by Brooke C.
Motherhoodland is a collection of written snippets of motherhood moments, insights on parenting young children from a developmental and intuitive viewpoint, poetry, and random thoughts.
Got Kids Newsletter by Got Kids?
Newsletter written by two certified speech pathologists and children's book authors. We write about all things early childhood and offer strategies and suggestions for helping kids learn to communicate.
Peace in My Parenting by Lori K Walters
Inspired by my clients, I write about accessing your calm in the midst of it all, connecting with your big kid and parenting in a way that aligns with your heart and soul. To me, this is the way to Peace - one heart, one family at a time.
Revillaging Mama by Emily Race-Newmark
Mama supporting families in revillaging. Sharing my own experiments and thoughts as I weave the village back into my life, and find nourishment within motherhood along the way.
The Unschooling Motherhood Diaries by Kelli Femrite
A sacred space for you to Unschool as a Mother, while navigating alternative pathways to your child's exploration and learning in the world, without forcing ways of being that simply don’t work for you or your child.
Karma Yoga Village by Mera Allmond
Tips and insights in parenting from a Montessori perspective, with village building and a sustainable future in mind.
Growing in Play by Jennifer Loughlin
Growing in Play is a playful, practical Substack for parents of young children, written by a pediatric OT and mom of two. Get evidence-based tips, sensory insights, and a weekly mix of humor, heart, and help as you support your child’s development (and your own).
Top of Mind by New Modern Mom by Barbara Mighdoll
The New Modern Mom Newsletter is where I open the playbook on my life as a working mom—sharing how structure creates freedom, the systems I use to make space for what matters, and the steps I’m taking to design my dream life with intention and joy.
How Human by Emma Del Rey
I write to explore how human I can be and feel while meeting my different parts of self with compassion and acceptance. I write around and about the topics of motherhood, neurodivergence, creativity, and all the in-between spaces that make up my humanity.
The Green Pen by Helena ‘Ellie’ Huizenga
The Green Pen is a space for thoughtful reflections on sustainability, climate change, motherhood, and favorite reads. If you love getting lost in a good book or if you're trying to live a greener life (but find it hard, just like me), The Green Pen is right for you.
Parenting Teenagers Untangled by Rachel Richards
Think parenting shouldn’t be so hard? Learn simple, proven ways to build strong, lasting relationships with your teens and avoid family estrangement.
The Spicy Kid Survival Guide by Stacey Sellar
The short version: Because our kids need us to be more informed, more vocal, more confident and more present. Because parenting is hard enough without sifting through 47 open Google tabs and contradictory advice.
Mother Love Letters by Violet Carol
I’m a mom. I’m also a wife, a daughter, a sister, a writer, a bookworm, a lover of puffy dresses and Spring, a hater of spiders and Winter, and a thousand other selves. I write about them all against the backdrop of motherhood.
Midweek Joy by Joy Netanya Thompson
Saying the quiet parts out loud about motherhood, middle age, and modern life.
Gentle Strong Mom by Mona Veronica
Gentle Strong Mom is where motherhood meets healing, mindset, and truth-telling. I write for moms who feel unseen, tired, or lost and remind them they matter. Expect raw reflections, affirmations, and words that feel like a hand on your shoulder.
Mother Metamorphosis by Brittany Michaud
A space devoted to the sacred, spiritual, and emotional journey of becoming and being a Mother. Rooted in honesty and grounded awareness, it offers reflections on healing, spiritual connection, nervous system support, attachment with children, and soulful nourishment.
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